Sponge-holder.



Patented May I, I900.

flwerzi fi L. M. A. WOLFE.

SPONGE HOLDER.

(Appl nfil (1812i 20 1899) (No Model.)

' SPECIFICATION forming M of Letters Application fi1e a'se amtez0,1ss9. Serial up. 731,107. (No titan.

. as a means for cleaning the-outer surface of window-panes without the necessity of lean- ..ing out of the window, but which device may be used for cleaning or wiping generally in places where it isdillicult or impossible to -reach with the hand.

My invention also comprises adjusting means for the holder, so that thelength of the same may be increased, if desired.

I sponge grasped in the hand.

In. the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective view of my improved clothholder. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, showing a cloth carried thereby. Fig. 3 is a view of a modified form of, the clamping poi. tionof the'holder; and Fig. 4 is a View ofs'uchjnodified formyshowing a sponge em; braced thereby.

' It is always a difficult matter, attended with more or less danger, to clean the outside surface of window-panes, especially those of the upper stories of a house or windows of unusual height, such as those of the modern oflicebuilding. It is a common practice to sit on the window-ledge, with the upper. part of the body outside the window-frame, and

then cleanse the outer surface of the panes by reaching over the same with a cloth or I Such practice has been the cause of many fatal accidents.

My invention comprises a holder for a cloth or sponge of such size and arrangement that the outer surface of the window-panes may be washed from the inside of the room by simply extending the holder outside the'window, theholderbeing also provided with means for increasing its length.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, A and B represent the clamping members or jaws of my improved holder. Each of these members A and B is made up of a series of .wires a and b, simulating fingers and consisting of parallel runs of the wire connected by ate'nt 1%. 648,824,. dated May1; 1e0 w--- 1 semicircular p o-rtion sn' and Z)' omit. same.

The wire com-prising the twomembers A and.

B is twisted together. at' A ia'udBl, respec-H tively, and these. twisted portionsare.again. twisted togetherat A and. form a rod adapt-.V

ed to a hollow handle 0. Thefwi reof which I my improved holder is composed is of a spring, nature, so that said members are normally held apart when theholder is not in use. To

close these members, so that a cloth or spongemay be secured by the same, I provide a ring 0, which when not in. use rests loosely on the rod A near the handle 0. The rod A eX- tends almost the full length of the hollow handle O, and tolsecure said rod in the handle 1. provide the set-screw c, by means of which the rod may be held out from the handle at an y convenient length.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification of the clamping members of my holder in which a member B consisting simply of a semicircular curved loop of wire, is employed. Fig. 4 shows a View of this modified form of holder embracing a sponge.

. Tli'ial felamping-jaws o'r securing members of my ihip'rovfil holder are so constructed as to hold a clothor s onge in such a way as to provide most efli ent means for cleansing the corners of window-sashes with but little tron ble. It will be observed that both clamping members are curved toward each other, and when a cloth is held by the same the ends a of the fingers of the memberA project beyond the fingers of the member B, and the fingers a, covered by the cloth, afford speciallydesirable means for cleaning all corners, angles, &c., of the window sashes or panesor other places to be clean'ed. When a sponge is used with the holder, it is usually held in the position shownin Fig. 4, with a good portion of thesponge beyond the ends. of the fingers a. When in use, the sponge folds over the ends of these fingers, which thus serve as support for the same.

In securing a cloth or sponge to my improved holderit is intertwined; about the'fingers, being'passed behind certain fingers and in front of other fingers. In Fig. 4:, this 'method as applied to a sponge is clearly the holder are then closed and held by the ring 0, and the cloth or sponge is firmly retained therein.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the clamping members or jaws made of wire and having portions extending in parallel runs, the outer runs of said members being twisted together, the twisted portion of each member bein g if urther twisted to form a supporting-rod, and means for securing said members together so as to embrace a cloth or sponge.

2. The combination in a device for holding a cloth or sponge, of the clamping members or jaws having a series of fingers, whereby the cloth or sponge maybe intertwined about said fingers, being passed behind certain fingels and in front of other fingers, and means for securing said members together so as to embrace said cloth or sponge, the wires composing the outer fingers of each member being twisted together to form the sup iiortingrod for thesame.

, 3. The combination of the clampingjaws or members curved toward each other, the wires composing said members being twisted together to form a rod, a hollow handle in which said rod is adapted to rest, and a set-screw adapted to said handle whereby the rod may be held in different positions of adjustment in respect to said handle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LAURA M. A. WOLFE.

" Witnesses:

.iURRAY C. Berna, J 0s. 11. KLEIN. 

